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Why is Pokémon Emerald so grindy? (kbin.earth)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming
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So I'm trying to replay some gen 3 pokemon. I played Saphire as a kid and I loved it. Going back now as an adult, I'm really struggling. I'm finding it incredibly grindy, and I die inside a little every time I see a long stretch of tall grass. What have I forgotten? What am I missing now that I got as a kid? Any tips?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My biggest gripe as well. I've got the Pokemon TCG app at the moment and my god it's impossible to do anything quickly because of all the transitions, animations, and pointless popups that occur.

Just trying to do one thing in the game you literally need to push like 8 popups informing you about something that's obvious and that you've done a thousand times before and you can't turn it off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

If you're on Android, might be able to speed it up by adjusting your overall animation speeds.